Deep-liking: What do you make of the new Instagram trend?

If you're single and looking for a partner, you may have tried Tinder, Plenty of Fish or even the old-fashioned way of meeting someone in a bar.

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But there is now an even easier way of letting someone know you like them: by "deep-liking" their Instagram photos.

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How can liking somebody's photos go deeper than double tapping or pressing the heart button on a picture, I hear you ask?

Answer: it's the new trend that is taking the dating world by storm. It involves going back to someone's very first photos (probably scrolling past thousands of pictures of meals, holidays and selfies on the way) and liking them. Deep, indeed.

Why is this deep? Probably because it takes a lot of patience and dedication to keep scrolling past all those pictures of your cat in your suitcase to get to your very first smiling, unfiltered post, and in this day and age, that's probably the equivalent to writing beautiful, handwritten love letters every day, or travelling hundreds of miles on foot just to pick up your handkerchief, or something equally chivalrous.

Yes, now you can prove your love by sitting on the bus, staring at your smartphone and making constant downward swiping movements with your thumb till you get back to 2012 and those seventeen hashtags you used to post before you realised it was actually quite lame. #instadaily anyone?

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We're not judging: it's a hell of a lot easier than making awkward Tinder conversation, but we're not sure we'd be swept off our feet if a stranger liked our very first photos and thought that was as appealing as a friendly smile across a dingy pub. Just saying.

What do you reckon? Is "deep-liking" a creepy new trend or would you be flattered if someone liked your first photo? Let us know in the comments below.